In Massachusetts transportation circles, Uber and Lyft are becoming simply too big to ignore. According to documents Lyft filed in preparation for its initial public stock offering, the company is […]
Uber, Lyft too big to ignore
Posted inEducation
Meehan cites looming demographic crisis
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS President Marty Meehan laid out a plan on Monday to create a new “online college” for adult students that he said could become […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Falling behind on own-source revenues
THE MBTA, which is seeking a 6.3 percent average fare increase, is failing to meet its goals for generating own-source revenue from advertising, parking, and real estate. During a revenue […]
Posted inTransportation
T board wary of go-it-alone fare hike
FACING PUSHBACK FROM THE PUBLIC and transportation advocates on a proposed 6.3 percent average MBTA fare increase, some members of the transit agency’s oversight board signaled on Monday that they […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 141: Nursing home industry sounds alarm
The Massachusetts nursing home industry says inadequate state funding caused 20 facilities to close last year and is putting another 39 at risk of going out of business this year. […]
Posted inHealth Care
Nursing home industry sounds alarm
THE MASSACHUSETTS NURSING HOME INDUSTRY says inadequate state funding caused 20 facilities to close last year and is putting another 39 at risk of going out of business this year. […]
Posted inThe Download
Nursing home industry sounds alarm
The Massachusetts nursing home industry says inadequate state funding caused 20 facilities to close last year and is putting another 39 at risk of going out of business this year. […]
Posted inArts and Culture
‘The Embrace’ chosen as King monument on Common
THE NONPROFIT KING BOSTON has selected a sculpture featuring two pairs of arms in an embrace as the winning design for a monument on Boston Common to Rev. Martin Luther […]
Posted inOpinion
Making presidential primaries relevant again to Mass. voters
MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS care about presidential elections. Many knock on doors in New Hampshire or phone bank to voters in Florida and Ohio. Of course, they may also vote for president, […]
Posted inOpinion
Don’t buy the progressive rant against Rodrigues
WHILE CAFE MOCHACCINOS, action films, and short-term friends should be exciting, governance should not. Governance should be steady, dependable, and mundane, because we live, after all, on earth and are […]
Posted inEducation
Students’ voice missing from ed funding debate
THE DEBATE ON education funding currently swirling inside and outside the State House focuses on what the state is putting into education and how those dollars can support the best […]
Posted inPolitics
Trump wall contract doesn’t exist
PRESIDENT TRUMP tweeted in December that he had just given out “a 115-mile-long contract for another large section of the Wall in Texas,” but a government attorney said this week […]
Posted inOpinion
Three takes on natural gas
The following three opinion pieces all focus on the great divide in Massachusetts over natural gas and its accompanying infrastructure. Baker’s mixed record on climate change Craig Altemose EARLIER […]
Posted inTransportation
Pedestrian fatalities keep rising nationally
IN 1990, the number of pedestrian traffic fatalities across the United States began a nearly 20-year decline. But then in 2009 the numbers started to shift. The number of pedestrians […]
Posted inThe Download
Pedestrian fatalities keep rising nationally
In 1990, the number of pedestrian traffic fatalities across the United States began a nearly 20-year decline. But then in 2009 the numbers started to shift. The number of pedestrians […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Should ‘lifers’ get a chance for parole?
SOME BEACON HILL LAWMAKERS are making another push for legislation that would allow the 1,050 Massachusetts inmates serving life prison sentences to be eligible for parole hearings. Rep. Jay Livingstone […]
Posted inPolitics
Beacon Hill lobbying hierarchy changing a bit
THE PECKING ORDER of lobbying firms on Beacon Hill appears to be changing. ML Strategies set a record in 2018 for lobbying fees, raking in $5.1 million and retaining its […]
Posted inGambling
Gaming panel chair: We’re getting the information we need on Wynn
THE CHAIRWOMAN of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission assured the public on Thursday that an upcoming legal settlement with Steve Wynn will yield all the information the agency needs to make […]
Posted inArts and Culture
The healing power of art
THE YOUNG GIRL had endured bullying and been called ugly. She was told she had a unibrow by one of her male classmates. At her therapist’s office, she was “withdrawn […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Michael Cohen in the spotlight
ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC episodes in the entire saga of criminality surrounding President Donald Trump played out before a rapt audience on Wednesday as Michael Cohen described his former […]
Posted inThe Download
Michael Cohen in the spotlight
One of the most dramatic episodes in the entire saga of criminality surrounding President Donald Trump played out before a rapt audience on Wednesday as Michael Cohen described his former […]
Posted inEconomy
Baker renews call for housing bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. CHARLIE BAKER doubled down Wednesday on legislation to make it easier for cities and towns to relax zoning restrictions to facilitate the construction of new […]
Posted inOpinion
Lifting up homeless children
WHEN WE THINK of the homeless, we often imagine adults who might be battling addiction and mental health issues, but the truth is that 18,000 children experience homelessness in Massachusetts […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Let’s secure a healthy energy future
LOOKING AT RECENT HEADLINES, one sees that climate change—and the call for pioneering solutions to combat it—are now front and center in the public consciousness. We are at the forefront […]